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"Governor Mary Fallin was completely correct in blasting the federal government for its refusal to provide disaster relief following the recent wildfires. The governor is also within her right to refuse strings-attached distributions from the same source. Also, I'd like a line-item accounting for the federal money spent in Oklahoma. Oklahomans (and Oklahoma corporations) paid $24.4 billion in federal taxes last year. I wonder what percentage of the $37+ billion Oklahoma received went for the most sorely needed upgrades: Roads? Bridges? Prisons? Education?
You know what I expect from government? (hint: it ain't money). I expect incompetence. The IRS sent me a bill for $3,500 a couple months ago, supposedly because I took a cash distribution from an investment. Except I didn't. All I did was roll it over from one fund to another. I sent them the documentation (at my considerable time and expense). They sent me a revised statement. They said they now owe me $72. The statement came with a form for me to fill out and a return envelope. No check. (Yes, shocking).
Last year the Department of The Census failed to mail me a census form. I went online and requested one on my own initiative. Mailed it to them, again at my own expense. A month later they sent - you guessed it - a census taker to my house. Is our government not breath-taking in its efficiency?
Here's my point: sheer volume of intake in terms of dollars and cents is irrelevant. What really matters is how efficiently the money is spent. You'd think we'd be astounded at the improvements all around, given that much moola flowed in. Tell me, what big differences have you noticed?
Hamilton should consider moving to New York (or Connecticut, or Massachusetts, or California). They really love their taxes there. Perhaps the reason that h-i-g-h-e-r t-a-x-e-s is DOA in so many other places is because people are getting tired of the concept of paying more and getting less. Or nothing at all, in the case of our recompense for the recent state-wide natural disasters.
Something else to consider: if Oklahoma were a swing state in an election year where the incumbent President needs every single vote - that federal check would have been cut and sent. Without delay."
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